Trunk



(No' Model.)

H. E. GILSON.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

HENRY E. GILSON, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,005, dated'February5, 1884.

Application filed October 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY E. GILSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrunks; and I do hereby declare that the same are fully described in thefollowing specification and illus trated in the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in trunks, traveling-cases, 850.,and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in whichtogether and having the grain of the woodalternately laid obliquely or at a right angle to the layer negt'to it,so as to obtain a very strong and durable trunlcbody of a very lightweight; and in order to increasethe strength of the trunk and make itmore elastic, I interpose between each veneer a sheet of cloth orsuitable textile or fibrous material glued to and between two or more.successive veneers in the series, and also, to make it still moredurable, I use as an outer veneer orexternal sheet, I), a'layer ofvulcanized fiber, rawhide, or any other suitable material, which veneeror external covering is applied and secured to the body of the trunk,either before i or after it is put together, as may be desired,

the body and top of the trunk in this my invention having theabove-described veneers to take the place of the vulcanized fiber shownin the patents of June 3, 1879, and June 15, 1880. The abutting edges ofthe trunk are provided with rawhide angle-pieces c c, riveted to thebottom, sides, and em" s by means of suitable rivets, as shown.

suitable rivets in the ordinary way.

(1 d are rawhide cornercaps riveted at the corners, as shown.

e e are molded rawhide bindingstrips riw eted to the outside ofthetrunk-body, as shown.

6 0 represent re-enforcing strips at the upper edge of the trunk-body,which are preferably molded to fold over both outside and inside of theupper edges of the trunk-body, as shown in Fig. 2, and secured by meansof The top is also made of three or more veneers, f f f, glued togetherand provided with an outer covering, f, in the same manner as describedwhen referring to the trunk'body. The top is provided on its outer edgewith a molded valance or overhanging lip, made of rawhide and riveted toit, as shown, the corners being protected by means of molded rawhidecornor-caps h h h, secured to the top by means of rivets, as shown.

1 i are molded rawhide binding-strips riveted to the outside of thecover or top, as shown.

The top is hinged to the trunk-body by means of rawhide or metal hinges,as usual.

The trunk made as above described is much stronger and lighter thantrunks made of one single sheet of wood, and is not liable to warpingand cracking, so common with the kind of trunks above mentioned.

lVhat I wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim, is-

The within-described trunk, having its top and body composed of severalveneers of wood, with the grain of one veneer crossing the grain of theother, and a sheet of suitable textile or fibrous materialinterposedbetween the veneers and glued thereto, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig nature in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY E. GILSON.

Witnesses:

MILEs RYAN, MARK W. Bnownn.

